The US is worried that the continuing unrest in Yemen could fuel connections between al-Qaida-linked militants there and al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia, the State Department's counterterror coordinator said Tuesday.
Moscow has no plan to reconsider its stance on Iran in order to please the US and NATO, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Tuesday.
Organizers for London's 2012 Olympics Games say Libya has been given hundreds of tickets to the events.
China hopes an approaching UN meeting about Libya can prompt international actors to reach an immediate cease-fire and solve the crisis by political means, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.
Pakistan wants to be a full-fledged member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said here on Tuesday.
Four Brazilian women sued an American fishing tour operator on Tuesday, claiming that he coerced them with alcohol, drugs and the promise of money to perform sex acts with tourists on his boat along the Amazon.
A film director says Papan Chilibar, a convict who starred in the award-winning Romanian film, "When I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" has died. He was 21.
Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. says it has settled an outdrawn patent dispute with Apple Inc, putting an end to "all patent litigation" between the two companies.
British police have arrested six men on suspicion of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
At least eight people were killed and 27 wounded when gunmen on Tuesday stormed an Iraqi provincial council building in Baquba after two bombs exploded, police said.
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Army Radio on Tuesday that 27-year-old Ilan Grapel "has no connection to any intelligence agency, not in Israel, not in the US and not on Mars."
Saadoun al-Sahil already had an AK-47 assault rifle at home but just didn't feel safe. The furniture merchant was worried about violence in Baghdad and the impending US withdrawal of troops.